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Guided Example #1 - Implicit Differentiation
Find
d
y
d
x
if
x
4
+
2
y
2
=
8
.
A.
d
y
d
x
=
x
3
y
B.
d
y
d
x
=
-
x
3
y
C.
d
y
d
x
=
-
x
3
4
y
D.
d
y
d
x
=
4
x
3
y
Step 1
Implicitly differentiating by taking the derivative of both sides with respect to x yields the following.
4
x
3
+
4
y
d
y
d
x
=
0
Step 2
Thus,
d
y
d
x
=
-
4
x
3
4
y
=
-
x
3
y
.
All Steps
Implicitly differentiating by taking the derivative of both sides with respect to x yields the following.
4
x
3
+
4
y
d
y
d
x
=
0
Thus,
d
y
d
x
=
-
4
x
3
4
y
=
-
x
3
y
.
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